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Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
England
SN2 2EH
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Businesses (31)
- Gordon Frank Allen & Leonard Gordon Allen, architects London
- Banister Walton & Co Ltd, steel frame manufacturers, London and Trafford Park, Manchester London;Manchester, Lancashire
- Beard & Co, photographers Twyford, Berkshire
- Bedford Lemere & Co, photographers London
- Brims & Co Ltd, public works contractors Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
- Sir John Burnet, Tait & Partners, architects London
- Caroe & Martin, architects London
- Central Electricity Generating Board London;East Horsley, Surrey
- Chorley and Handford Ltd, photographers
- Christopher Dalton, photographer
- Downland Partnership Ltd, land surveyors Devizes, Wiltshire
- Easton, Anderson & Goolden Ltd, mechanical engineers, millwrights and boilermakers Erith, Kent
- J W Evans, silversmiths, Birmingham Birmingham, Warwickshire;Hockley, Warwickshire
- Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, consulting engineers London
- Gilmore Hankey Kirke, architects London;Plymouth, Devon
- Hughes & Stirling, contractors and refuse destructor engineers Bootle, Lancashire;Preston, Lancashire
- Jackson-Stops & Staff, estate agents London
- John Laing plc, building and civil engineers London
- Liverpool Electric Cable Co Ltd Liverpool, Lancashire
- Millar and Harris, photographers
- John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, mechanical engineers Bolton, Lancashire
- Alfred Newton & Sons, photographers Leicester, Leicestershire
- Paul Calvocoressi, historic buildings advisor
- Purcell Miller & Tritton, architects and historic buildings consultants Norwich, Norfolk
- Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (RMJM), architects London;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scott & Hodgson, mechanical engineers
- Matthew T Shaw & Co Ltd, engineers and ironfounders London
- Trevor Smithers, photographer
- Tate & Lyle Ltd, sugar refiners London;Liverpool, Lancashire;Greenock, Renfrewshire
- CJ Wills & Sons, building contractors London
- FW Woolworth & Co Ltd, department store London
Organisations (12)
- Brewery History Society Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre, Norfolk
- English Heritage: National Monuments Record Swindon, Wiltshire
- Greater London Council (including London Residuary Body) Greater London
- Historic Buildings Council for England
- Joint Aerial Reconnaissance and Interpretation Centre
- London County Council London
- Metropolitan Board of Works London
- National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
- St Andrews University, Archaeological Diving Unit St Andrews, Fife
- Wellington Memorial Committee
Persons (57)
- Andrew, Charles Kenneth Croft (1899-1981), archaeologist and archivist
- archaeologist, Dorothy Charlesworth (1927-1981), archaeologist
- Barnes, Gordon Lansdown (1915-1985), historian of ecclesiastical architecture
- Bedford, Francis (1816-1894), photographer
- Beer, Roy Gilyard- (d 1984), archaeologist and Inspector of Ancient Monmuments
- Bloe, John William (1872-1965), architect and architectural historian
- Brown, Basil (1888-1977), archaeologist
- Bulleid, Arthur (1862-1951) Archaeologist and Antiquary
- Bushe-Fox, Joscelyn Plunket (1880-1954), archaeologist
- Carter, Edward Julian (1902-1982) Architect and Librarian
- Casement, Jack (1880-1944), Captain RN
- Chitty, Lily Frances (1893-1979) Shropshire archaeologist
- Cobb, Gerald (1899-1986) heraldic painter and antiquary
- Cooper, Graham (fl 1960-2014), artist
- Course, Edwin Alfred (b 1922), university lecturer and industrial archaeologist
- Croad, Stephen (1946-2017), architectural historian
- Cunliffe, Barrington Windsor (b1939), archaeologist
- Curl, James Stevens (b 1937) Professor of Architectural History
- Delamotte, Philip Henry (1821-1889), photographer and artist Crystal Palace, Kent
- Downman, Edward Andrews (d 1931), Anglican clergyman and antiquary
- Fox, Sir Cyril Frederick (1882-1967), Knight, archaeologist
- Gomme, Andor (1930-2008), architectural historian
- Goodhart-Rendel, Harry Stuart (1887-1959), architect Hatchlands, Surrey
- Green, George Charles (1915-2006), photographer
- Griffiths, Phillip (b 1926), local government officer
- Harden, Donald Benjamin (1901-1994) Archaeologist and Museum Director
- Harrison, Michael (b 1939), doctor, expert on industrial archaeology
- Hawkes, Charles Francis Christopher (1905-1992), archaeologist
- Jekyll, Gertrude (1843-1932), garden designer
- Jones, Stanley (1927-2017), art teacher and architectural historian
- Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist
- Knoop, Carl Julius Gerhard von (1822-1893), industrialist Manchester, Lancashire
- Lawson, Philip Hugh (d 1966) Architect Antiquary
- Legg, Thomas Ellis (1888-1974), architect
- Lewis, Philippa (fl 1976-2015), writer, photographer, picture editor and researcher
- Linsley, Stafford (fl 1968-2017), industrial archaeologist and architectural historian
- Livock, GE (1897-1989), aerial surveyor and archaeologist
- Lloyd, David (1925-2018), architectural historian
- Lyte, Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell (1848-1940) Knight Historian and Archivist
- Mare, Eric de (1910-2002), writer and photographer
- McCann, John (fl 1928-2018), architectural historian
- Morton, Arthur E (fl 1906-1920), photographer
- Moss, Fletcher (1843-1919) Author and Antiquary
- Norman, Philip (1842-1931) Artist and Antiquary
- Pickford, Christopher John (fl 1988-2009), archivist
- Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox (1827-1900), Lieutenant General, anthropologist and archaeologist
- Prest, John Michael (b 1929) Historian
- Radford, Courtenay Arthur Ralegh (1900-1998) Archaeologist
- Rahtz, Philip Arthur (b 1921) Archaeologist
- Scott, Frederick Stanley (1901-1977), amateur photographer
- Shadbolt, Cecil Victor (1859-1892), photographer
- Sims, Ronald (1926-2007), architect
- Stamp, Gavin Mark (1948-2017), architectural historian
- Stell, Christopher (1929-2014), architectural historian
- Tate, Thomas (1807-1888), mathematician and chemist
- Taylor, Harold Mccarter (1907-1995) Mathematician Archaeologist Architectural Historian
- Webster, Greaham (1913-2001), archaeologist
Diaries (8)
- Cooper, Graham (fl 1960-2014), founder of Art and Architecture
- Hickmott, Mary (fl 1986-2007)
- Marcon, Alice (fl 1890-1900) of Northamptonshire Northamptonshire;Warwickshire;Warwickshire;Northamptonshire
- Rawlings, Stanley W (fl1945-1965), Port of London Authority official and photographer of London London
- Follett, Sydney (fl 1903-1910)
- Tasker, E G (fl 1950-1990), Local Historian And Photographer of Barnsley Barnsley, Yorkshire
- Wigglesworth, Robert (fl 1924-1925), photographer
- Woledge, Frederick William (fl 1840-1895), landscape painter
Families (3)
- Goff family of Hale Park, Hants County Dublin;Hale, Hampshire
- Lindsay, family, Earls of Crawford and Balcarres Dunecht, Aberdeenshire;Edzell, Angus;Finhaven, Angus;Glenesk, Angus;Glengarnock, Ayrshire;Kilbirnie, Ayrshire;Auchtermonzie, Fife;Balcarres, Fife;Crawford Priory, Fife;Leuchars, Fife;Struthers, Fife;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Florence, Italy;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pinkie, Midlothian;Stirling, Stirlingshire;Warboys, Huntingdonshire;Aspull, Lancashire;Blackrod, Lancashire;Haigh, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire;London;Warter, Yorkshire;Aberlash, Carmarthenshire;Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire;Llanon, Carmarthenshire
- Walrond family, Barons Waleran Bradfield, Devon;Cullompton, Devon;Dunchideock, Devon;Ipplepen, Devon;Kentisbeare, Devon;Uffculme, Devon
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (7)
- NRA 43101 Sir John Burnet, Tait & Partners, architects, London
- NRA 44738 Philip Henry Delamotte, photographer link to online catalogue
- NRA 44351 LCC/GLC Historic Buidings Survey Notes
- NRA 44350 London County Council/Greater London Council historic buildings survey drawings
- NRA 43282 National Monuments Record Centre: misc accessions
- NRA 44362 National Monuments Record: Measured Drawings
- NRA 44806 FW Woolworth & Co Ltd, department store, London
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.